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1. Average daily dose of vitamin C is
a) 30-40 mg
b) 50-60mg
c) 60-100mg
d) 100-150 mg
2. Deficiency of which vitamins causes glossitis, dementia, and roughened keratotic areas on skin and gastrointestinal symptoms?
a) Riboflavin
b) Pyridoxine
c) Niacin
d) Pantothenic acid
3. Pernicious anaemia occurs in
a) Vit B1 deficiency
b) Vit B 12 deficiency
c) Vit c deficiency
d) Vit D deficiency
4. Fat soluble vitamins are
a) A, B, D, K
b) A, D, E, K
c) A, B, E, K
d) A, C, E, K
5. Active form of vitamin D in kidney is
a) 1 dihydroxy cholecalciferol
b) 25 hydroxy cholecalciferol
c) 1, 25 dihydroxy cholecalciferol
d) 7 dihydroxy calciferol
6. Aniacinosis results in
a) Perleche
b) Beri beri
c) Pellagra
d) Nyctalopia
7. FIGLU excretion test is to estimate deficiency of
a) Vitamin k
b) Vitamin B12
c) Vitamin folic acid
d) Niacin
8. Scurvy is the result of deficiency of
a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin c
c) Vitamin B2
d) Vitamin D
9. Mineral present in Vit B12 is
a) Selenium
b) Cobalt
c) Iron
d) Calcium
10. The 3- D's dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia are seen in the deficiency of
a) Thiamine
b) Riboflavin
c) Niacin
d) Pyridoxine
Answers with explanations
2. C
3. B
4. B
A, D, E, K are fat soluble vitamins
5. C
Calcifediol is further hydroxylated by the kidneys and some of the immune system cells to form calcitriol (also known as 1, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol), the biologically active form of vitamin D.
6. C
Aniacinosis is deficiency of niacin
7. C
FIGLU test- A urine test for formiminoglutamic acid, an intermediate metabolite in L-histidine catabolism in the conversion of L-histidine to L-glutamic acid. It may be an indicator of vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency or liver disease.
8. B
9. B
Vitamin B12 contains the mineral cobalt, compounds with vitamin B12 activity are collectively called “cobalamins”
10. C
Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of the vitamin niacin (vitamin B3). Symptoms include Dermatitis, diarrhoea, dementia, and sores in the mouth.
